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High-order time-stepping schemes are crucial for simulating incompressible fluid flows due to their ability to capture complex turbulent behavior and unsteady motion. In this work, we propose a third-order accurate numerical scheme for the…

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This work discusses the correct modeling of the fully nonlinear free surface boundary conditions to be prescribed in water waves flow simulations based on potential flow theory. The main goal of such a discussion is that of identifying a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Andrea Mola , Nicola Giuliani , Óscar Crego , Gianluigi Rozza

In this paper we present a finite element method (FEM) for two-phase incompressible flows with moving contact lines. We use a sharp interface Navier-Stokes model for the bulk phase fluid dynamics. Surface tension forces, including Marangoni…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-10-13 A. Reusken , X. Xu , L. Zhang

We consider a test problem for Navier-Stokes solvers based on the flow around a cylinder at Reynolds numbers 500 and 1000, where the solution is observed to be periodic when the problem is sufficiently resolved. Computing the resulting flow…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Henry von Wahl , Leo G. Rebholz , L. Ridgway Scott

In this paper we study obstacles immerged in a Stokes flow with Navier boundary conditions. We prove the existence and regularity of an obstacle with minimal drag, among all shapes of prescribed volume and controlled surface area, taking…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-04 Dorin Bucur , Antonin Chambolle , Alessandro Giacomini , Mickaël Nahon

We introduce a \textit{non-modal} analysis technique that characterizes the diffusion properties of spectral element methods for linear convection-diffusion systems. While strictly speaking only valid for linear problems, the analysis is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Pablo Fernandez , Rodrigo Moura , Gianmarco Mengaldo , Jaime Peraire

We consider the numerical approximations for a phase field model consisting of incompressible Navier--Stokes equations with a generalized Navier boundary condition, and the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a dynamic moving contact line boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Xiaofeng Yang , Haijun Yu

We develop a spectral method for solving the incompressible generalized Navier--Stokes equations in the ball with no-flux and prescribed slip boundary conditions. The algorithm achieves an optimal complexity per time step of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Nicolas Boullé , Jonasz Słomka , Alex Townsend

In this paper we propose and analyze a new Finite Element method for the solution of the two- and three-dimensional incompressible Navier--Stokes equations based on a hybrid discretization of both the velocity and pressure variables. The…

The Navier equation is the governing equation of elastic waves, and computing its solution accurately and rapidly has a wide range of applications in geophysical exploration, materials science, etc. In this paper, we focus on the efficient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-19 Jianan Yao , Baoling Xie , Jun Lai

We develop and analyze high-order ensemble schemes for the unsteady Navier--Stokes--Darcy system with uncertain initial conditions, forcing terms, hydraulic conductivity tensors, and Lions-Beavers-Joseph-Saffman interface conditions. The…

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We develop a novel iterative solution method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with boundary conditions coupled with reduced models. The iterative algorithm is designed based on the variational multiscale formulation and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Ju Liu , Weiguang Yang , Melody Dong , Alison L. Marsden

A new fourth order compact formulation for the steady 2-D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is presented. The formulation is in the same form of the Navier-Stokes equations such that any numerical method that solve the Navier-Stokes…

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We develop a mathematically and physically sound definition of the spectrally-hyperviscous Navier-Stokes equations (SHNSE) on general bounded domains \Omega with zero (no-slip) boundary conditions prescribed on \varGamma=\partial\varOmega.…

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This technical report documents the theoretical, computational, and practical aspects of the one-dimensional Navier-Stokes finite element flow model. The document is particularly useful to those who are interested in implementing,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-04-09 Taha Sochi

In this paper, we consider numerical approximation of an electrically conductive ferrofluid model, which consists of Navier-Stokes equations, magnetization equation, and magnetic induction equation. To solve this highly coupled, nonlinear,…

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The goal of this study is to develop an efficient numerical algorithm applicable to a wide range of compressible multicomponent flows. Although many highly efficient algorithms have been proposed for simulating each type of the flows, the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-10-04 Roman Frolov

We study the free boundary problem for a finite-depth layer of viscous incompressible fluid in arbitrary dimension, modeled by the Stokes or Navier-Stokes equations. In addition to the gravitational field acting in the bulk, the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Seyed Abdolhamid Banihashemi , Huy Q. Nguyen

We present an arbitrary-order spectral element method for general-purpose simulation of non-overturning water waves, described by fully nonlinear potential theory. The method can be viewed as a high-order extension of the classical finite…

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